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Game #3341

Aston Villa

1-1-2, 3 PTS

Wednesday, 27 August 1975

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Won

17th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Manchester City

1-1-2, 3 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,212

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | Brian Little | 65' |

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 27 August 1975

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
🔁 | 61' Sub off, John Gidman, Sub on, John Robson
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-0, Keith Leonard, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 27 August 1975

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time this season to make it one win, one draw and two defeats on their return to the top flight.

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Manchester City

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1969-70

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1975-76 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Wednesday, 27 August 1975

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🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 59 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 13 🟥 12 | 1.95

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 November 1972, Villa 1-1 Blackpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.87 |

Oldest Player |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33.35 |

Youngest Player |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.64 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Keith Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Tony Book | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Power | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Rodney Marsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 61' |

SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

Substitutes

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“It was typical Rodney [Marsh], but I don’t think the crowd were too upset by it." Jim Cumbes. “I made it clear that Aston Villa was to remain a democracy and never be under the control of one man.“ Resigning chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis.
Quotes

🟩 27 August 1975, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 28 August 1975

Aston Villa, confronted by a deep defence in which Oakes was playing sweeper throughout the first half, broke through to record their first win In the First Division by virtue of a headed goal by Keith Leonard after 65 minutes. The game, a cat and mouse affair in the first half, took on new dimensions after the goal had forced City to abandon their defensive ploy. Watson, who was given a distinctly uncomfortable time by Leonard in the second half when Villa, true to form, began to call on their reserves of stamina, kicked off the line from Carrodus, but City also squandered a good chance of equalising when Power shot over three minutes from the end.AND RODNEY G T I MILE SHIRT RODNEY MARSH, Manchester Cit y' s clowning skipper, could have dropped himself in trouble last night. Five minutes from the end of City's match at Aston Villa he lowered his shorts to the crowd after being booed. The incident happened after Villa goalkeeper Jim Cumbes refused to give Marsh the ball when City were awarded a corner. Marsh tried to wrestle it away and then, as the fans jeered in derision, he pulled his shorts down to his knees. Referee Terry Spencer, ro Wootton Basset, By NIGEL CLARKE Wilts, said that he did not see the incident. but Villa's Cumbes said: "It was typical Rodney but I don't think the crowd were too upset by it." Last season Terry Mancini was fined and suspended by an F 25 court after showing his backside to the crowd while playing for Queen's Park Rangers. Mancini, now of Arsenal, was reported by an F A observer In the crowd and found guilty of ungentlemanly conduct. _ _ Villa won the match 1-0 with a sixty-eighth minute goal from Keith Leonard, who headed home a Brian Little freekick. Marsh, who was covered by his shirt, would not comment. afterwards, It was a Just reward for Leonard, who had caused England centre half Dave Watson a lot of trouble in the air. Alan Oakes was booked for flooring Little and City were content to defend as they came under Increasing pressure. Villa's blood first in Division 1 Aston Villa. confronted by a deep defence in which Oakes was playing sweeper throughout the first half. broke through to record their fiat win In the rir.t Division by virtue of a headed goal by Keith Leonard after Is 3 minutes. The game. a cat and mouse affair in the first half, took on new dimensions after the goal had forced City to abandon their defensive ploy. Watson, who was given a distinctly uncomfortable time by Leonard In the second half when Villa, true to form, began to call on their reserves of stamina, kicked off the line from Carrodus. but City also squandered a good chance of equalising when Power shot over three minutes from tho end. Manchester United 1, Coventry 1 Cnventry maintained their unbeaten record at 01d Trafford laid night with a 70th minute equaliser from Alan Green. Although they had the moll:diction of spoil• Mg United's 100 per cent rel•nrd, City were unfortunate not to take both points. in the dosing stages. substitute Ferguson mimed a greet chance and earlier Green inexplicably misklcked with all die goal to aim at, United took the load In the 2:lrd minute with a superb low 20. yard drive from Pear. son, after the opening had been engineered by CoppeM. Hut as Coventry pressed In a tremendously fast game. ort I mer mimed another chance. In the second halt King twice saved well from Pear• son. but In the Mith minute Stepney's save at the second ■ttemnt from Mortimer hrniieht only momentary relief. Greedholf misplaced his hack pass. Cron nipped In. hut his shot was blocked before the ball ran to Groan who scored the equaliser. Soccer Mine N POOTSO o LL LIAQ — UI CUP Lee) •AAM T LI] .0 . I 0 6 043 u . • ► 3.2. .1. 0.0 7.. 77 vision win nn . 441410 'nails b- 2. • wruisan. •0. 2 PONT VAL? 0 1. 0.0 4. 07 4.4, NORTNIAPTII. I WATTOND I N.T. 1.0 4.236 %ottani win on NOTTS PON. NOTNIONAIN I M.T. 2.0 7,577 Om F . tl n • 7 1 3.0 Potorloortwoh win on 3-2. •• 0.0 Apoonnto 2.2 SWANS/A 3 T 7 1-1 3.1113 orneisy wln 7-4. DIVISION ONO ASTON VILLA I MANCH CITY 0 I'. 212 Y 3 NIVICASTLII S 11 0 27 OSS LNIC STIM . I STONI I H 0.1 2 075 MAN UTO. I covaminy I 11 2. 0 lig P n 2: ! I. :tie i 4 **trap 1 fowl' UM 4 1 4 C 4 sn 4 1 7 , 41.0t.414 4 1 ' 2=l? 1 1 Walt*, 2 4 i 0 s.rmie•hii 4 0 Ph*. Vtd 4 0 1 Aston Villa 1, Manchester aty • 11. T. 0-0. Official Attendance 33,212. Manchester United defender Stewart Houston was booked for a foul on Coventry forward Tommy Hutchison In the 72nd minute. Derby County 3 NeweasUs United 3 League champions Derby County recovered from the shock of conceding a simple 17th minute goal to Alec Bruce to score their first victory of the season. United forward Micky Burns was sent off nine minutes before half time after protesting about a Derby penalty which Francis Lee then missed. Derby scored three within 20 minutes of the second half through Tommy Craig (own goal). Kevin Hector and Lee. Derby's Bloch and Newcutle's Hibbitt were booked before Malcolm MacDonald pulled a goal back 11 minutes from the end his sixth goal of the season,
Reports

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